Elon Musk just took over 130,000 acres of public land in Louisiana.

After secret deliberations conducted behind the cover of NDAs, Governor Landry just handed SpaceX a beautiful parcel of land, a $27.5 billion tax break, and legal immunity.

Locals say the 30 rockets a day the site will launch will devastate the pristine coast, while the richest man in the world reaps the profits.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    yeah, unfortunately regulations have a bad habit to catch up with reality after the fact. By the time we actually have people in charge making better choices it’ll probably be late.